TWGS Day 1: Exciting underwater sports & life -saving finale

Chengdu, March 29, 2025 – The opening day of the World Games series in Chengdu delivered exciting performance in several disciplines than the athletes presented their skills to persecute medals and qualification points for World Games 2025 in August.

Underwater sports – Finswimming & Freediving focuses on

Hungary Nandor kiss Set a new one World record In the men’s surface 400 m final, there are 2: 54.64 and surpasses the previous record of 2: 55.57 by Oleksii Zakharov (UKR).

“It’s a really good feeling, but that’s not my best time,” said Kiss. “I am so happy about it. That’s why I’m here. I really wanted to. Maybe I’ll strive for another tomorrow. It was a very long preparation with a lot of training and mental focus.”

In the meantime, Zsofia Torocsik (Hun) and Alexey Molchanov (Ain) secured their qualification points for the World Games 2025 in the dynamics of women and men without FINS events.

“I was very happy and excited,” said Torocsik. “It was a long journey to come here, but it’s great to be part of this competition. Winning means that I could return to the world games in August.”

Chansa-Taipei-chan Kai-Hsiang won the Men’s dynamics without fins on the free immersion and said:

I am very happy to take part in a competition in Chengdu for the first time. It feels like a warm match in front of the world games and I’m a bit nervous. It means that my recent practice was not for nothing. I practiced hard. “

Summary of life -saving competition

Savi live tonightThe NG competition showed incredible performance at various pool events, with athletes from Italy, Spain, New Zealand, Poland and Belgium secured the top positions.

In the 100 -m rescue medley of women, Italy dominated when Helene Giovanelli secured gold, followed by her compatriot Lucrezia Fabretti, with the Spanish Alba Gomes Mesias third.

The gold medalist Giovanelli said: “I love Chengdu, this place, this city and this swimming pool! And of course I love Pandas. I am so satisfied with the result of this race.”

The men’s 100m rescue medley saw a close struggle, with Kacper Majchrzak from Poland first ended in third place ahead of Fergus Eadie from New Zealand and Simone Locchi from Italy.

The Polish legend Majchrzak said: “The series is a big step closer to the world games that we all want to participate in this summer. I see it as good training and I’m happy about my time.”

In the 100 -m manicine -Carry with fins (women), Italy’s Lucrezia Fabretti won gold and struck the Spanish Antia Garcia Silva and the New Zealand Zoe Crawford.

The men’s 100 -M -Maniciner with fins was another intensive race in which Davide Cremonini initially ended in Italy, followed by Fergus Eadie and Spain’s Uvan Romero Fernandez, who took second place.

The New Zealands Zoe Crawford in New Zealand delivered a strong performance in the 200 -M -Super -Lifeters’ Savior and took gold, while Italy’s Lucrezia Fabretti and Belgium Bo van de Plas completed the podium.

Italy’s Francesco Ippolito, ahead of Spain Carlos Coronado Tejeda and Germany’s Felix Hofmann, won the top position for the 200 -M -Super -Super -Lifeware Savior.

The winner Ippolito was enthusiastic on his trip: “I feel very happy, the atmosphere is really fun here. This is my first time in China, but it was a fantastic journey. I come from a small town in Italy, so it’s very different here. The people here are very nice and we feel it.”

Look at day 2

Day 2 of the World Games series will contain more exciting competitions in the three sports of the program (underwater sports, life saving and boules sport).

The finale takes place in the dynamics of feedsting Women’s and men with Fins finals, the finse -apnea finals of men and several other finswimming events.

In life saving the 50 -M manicist and the 100 -m manicinus will take place, while Boules Sports will see the Pétanque Precision Precision Precision finals for men and women and the double mixed Pétanque classics.

Where can you see the schedule for and competition

Fans worldwide can accommodate all action live. The world games liveThe official streaming platform of the world games. Highlights and on-demand content will also be available all weekend. The TWG series is also broadcast on the new media platform by Sichuan Radio and Television, Chengdu Radio & Television (CDTV5) and Chengdu Eastern New Area Fusion Media Center to expand the visibility of the event.

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Results at a glance

Today’s medalists are listed below.

Underwater sports

FinSwimming: Women Apnea 50m Finale

1. 1. Diana Sliseva (Ain) 15.80
2. 2. Miri Yoon (KOR) 16.06
3. 3. Yaoyao HU (CHN) 16.21

Finswimming: Frauenbi Fins 50m Finale

1. 1. Valeria Andreeva (Ain) 21.78
2. 2. Irina Gileva (Ain) 21.86
3. 3. Yevheniia Tymoshenko (UKR) 22.01

FinSwimming: men’s surface 100m final

1. 1. Tarek Hassan Elsayed (Egy) 34.89
2. 2. Justus Mostedt (GER) 34.90
3. 3 .. Myeongjun Shin (KOR) 35.33

Finswimming: Menbi -Fins 100m Finale

1. 1. Szymon Kropidlowski (pol) 41.41
2. 2. Aleksei Fedkin (Ain) 41.68
3. 3. Kelen CSEPLO (HUN) 42.36

FinSwimming: Women’s surface 200m final

1. 1. Vlada Markina (Ain) 1: 28.48
2. 2. Michele Rutze (Ger) 1: 31.24
3. 3 .. Sofiia Htrechko (UKR) 1: 32.47

FinSwimming: men’s surface 400 m final

1. 1. Nandor Kiss (Hun) 2: 54.64 – WR
2. 2. Alex Mozsar (Hun) 2: 58.77
3. 3. Oleksii Zakharov (UKR) 2: 59.87

Freediving: Women’s dynamics without fins

1. 1. Zopfia Torocsik (HUN) – Q TWG 2025
2. 2. Kateryna Adurska (UKR)
3. 3. Yasuko Ozeki (JPN)

Freediving: male dynamics without fins

1. 1. Kai-Hsiang Chan (TPE)
2. 2. Alexey Molchanov (Ain) – Q TWG 2025
3. 3 .. Nedad Pavkovic (SRB)

Life -saving

Women’s pool 100m rescue medium

1. 1. Helene Giovanelli (ITA) 1: 10.13
2. 2. Lucrezia Fabretti (ITA) 1: 11.33
3. 3. Alba Gomes Mesias (ESP) 1: 11.76

Men’s pool 100m rescue medically

1. 1. Kacper Majchrzak (pol) 58.69
2. 2. Fergus Eadie (NZL) 59.12
3. 3 .. Simone Locchi (ITA) 59.34

100 m manicin wear with fins women

1. 1. Lucrezia Fabretti (ITA) 50.76
2. 2. Antia Garcia Silva (ESP) 51.34
3. 3 .. Zoe Crawford (NZL) 52.34

Men carry 100m manicin with fins

1. 1. Davide Cremonini (ITA) 44.78
2. 2. Fergus Eadie (NZL) 45.07
3. 3. Uvan Romero Fernandez (ESP) 45.07

Women 200m Super Lifesaver Finale

1. 1. Zoe Crawford (NZL) 2: 24.41
2. 2. Lucrezia Fabretti (ITA) 2: 24.99
3. 3 .. Bo van de Plas (BEL) 2: 25.63

200 m super lifesavers men

1. 1. Francesco Ippolito (ITA) 2: 06.32
2. 2. Carlos Coronado Tejeda (ESP) 2: 07.61
3. 3. Felix Hofmann (Ger) 2: 08.61